Senate roll call 116 · 85th Congress · Feb 27, 1958
HR. 5836. Increases in postal rates. Amendment to place limit on subsidy received by publishers of magazines or other second-class mail advertising matter. R
On Feb 27, 1958, the Senate voted 33–57 (HR 5836). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–42, Democrats 28–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 85th Congress (1957–1958), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Feb 27, 1958
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 42 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- William Kerr Scott D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- William Proxmire D-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. R-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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